Measuring device.



W/TNESSES A. E. THOMSON.

MEASURING DEVICE. APPLIUATION FILED APB.2,1907.

PATENTED DEC. 31, 1907.

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ME ASRING DEX/XSE No. s715570.

Specification. of Letters gtent.

Application filed A pril 2. 1907. Serial lo. 365.962.

rPhe object oi the invention is to provide n l new :ind improvedinensuring device, more especially designed :lor measuring; bolts ocloth or other hihi-ies, :ind :rrreng'eo to enable n storelieeper orother person to readily and accurately determine the yardage of the holtwithout resorting to iirst unrolling the /bolt and then measuring itwith nyurd stiel: or the like :is heretofore practiced,

The invention consists ol' novei tentures and ports und combinations. orthe sanne. which will e niore fully described hereinafter und thenpointed ont in the claims.

l practical embodiment ol the invention is represented in thcaccompanying; drawings l'orniing n port ol' this .specilientimu in whichsiinilnr clnunelers ol reference indieete corrosponding 'parts in :dlthe 'fie' Figure l is :i side elevation of the improvenient ne applied.to the end olz ai bolt oi cloth rolled lint on 2i board; Fig. l is UlanView ot' the snnie; Fig. I5 is on enlarged plnn View of the improvement,und liig. l n like View ol' 'the reverse side ol the improvement.

A. stick l of n suitable length is provided at one. end with ntransversely extendin B, :ind on one linee of the stieli A is ori' nscolo C :ind on the other side ihereoil ranged n scolo D, both seules Cnn'd having their zero points reirislerine with il e inner side oi the)in B. ',llie scolo C for ineelsnring bolts ol cloth or lilie 'lnbriesrolled lint on, bozirds, while the seule. l) is more especially designed'l'or niensurine bolls rolled roland, either solid or lim/ing n hollowrenier,

For measuring ribbons und the likey n. seule. lll, similari to the scnlel), but not so long, i arranged on the idee. olf the stick A, opposite.the, edge containing' the scale C, :is plainly' in dioated in Figs. Zand3, :uid for this Senio ll o, Seperate sinoll zero pin B" iS provided onthe correspoin'linel end of thcstieh il.

'l`hc sen-les C, D nud E :ire obtnined in the following' nimmer. Onljrwds rolled, on bozu'ds, l h nvc found that bolt` whose cunneter orwidth is 'i8 inehes, het; the suino :yn-rdnge is the nurnl'ior oi foldsin 'the bolt troni cent-er to outside, :md that zr holt rolled roundwith n diameter of 22 lll/'il inehesiolias the sinne number of yardsthere evrefolde of cloth from center to outside. These lengths aredivided into lQO equa-l parte, and t; @Se ports re present- 'thedivisions of the seele., will he, evident that should a. flat bolt messeure Ll5 unite on its diameter, with fold-r?,l there would be n yardage.olf i5/100 tin'iee 25', or .il F255/ iO yards. lt will be evident fromthe ooove, that the number of unitswhich represent he length et 4thediameter, repro sent also the rive-.rage leneth of the toldo endthetthis ni'ernge length multiplied by the number ol folds ejiv'es theyardage of the holt. li ow' in usiner the measuring device for obrvminingr the nyard 1 of n ooit of cloth F .rolled fle-t on n honrd G, nsindicated l. an i operato lir't counts the number t from the boord G tothe om* the bolt to ein ier instance, the operntor olds. The stick e isnew applied nc-lt F, so that the pronn B restst alge-inst the nd ot thent one side, ind the o ero-tor ier-'ting e3 oiderinozt now rends oil thenu niher en the graf. nation C, opposite tno outerniosi; told on theopp@ site side, that is, redding the number 53, es

u'nliented in Fig. '2. The operator new mule tiphes this heure with thenumeral 37, inn

dientiiig Jue number folds, thus obtaining' .l li. two decimal plaoesliioin tliir;y nonni are pointed oil, thus giving il yards inv the i l jthe :i if, in, dinnictrice- L e-,mose n the end of tno nin ll n, ol theouter fold, and the operator reads oil the,correspoiuling 'ii-notion onthe seeleI Il on. the opposite end the bolt, sary Sel. The olnerntor noweounts the number of 'folds in the boli; iroin the center to theoutside, end iinds, furry, o2 iolds;

`with the smile i inner-oi thus obtaining ill, 'from which amount twodecimal ole-ces :1re pointed olli, thus giri 52.08 yards in roll.

the stiel: fi is plaeetl end of the. boit with the .roll nos n hollowcenter, izor broer-ci: ns

)oit is niensured, and then ments ootznned L this number is multipliedLari() D on the diameter of the hollow center of against one side,

thus found is multiplied .by the number of folds contained in the bolt.Thus if the diaineter ot the bolt by the scale D is T2, and thediameter' of the hollow center is found to be 1S, then these twonui'nbers added give 00, which is multiplied by the number of folds, say80, the product being 3f-t, which is the yardage of the hollow roll. lnthe above example7 the ditaneter of the hollow Center is one-fourth ofthe diameter of the roll and ConsequentbY the bolt would have one-fourthless number of folds than would the solid bolt. The remaining foldshowever would be of greater average length than if the roll were solid,the difference in length being represented by the average length of thefolds corresponding to the hollow center. i

fn praetiee l prefer to indieate the fraeJ' tions of the seale l) byeonseeutive numerals, while the t'raetions of the seale (l are iudilcated by even numerals oiilv, thus readily distii'ignishing the twoseales, to prevent the user thereof from lusing the wrongr one.

For n'ieasuring boltsl ol' elothy rai-pets and the like the vpin ll isinade rather long, so as f to readily engage the one side of the bolteven l if'the bolt is unevenlv rolled. For ribbons the stieli A. is usedat the seale li having the short pin Bf, but otherwise the sealell isused in the saine manner as above deseribed in t i'eferenee to the sealel).

lt will be observed, that eaeh graduation of each of the seules is analiquot part ofthe diameter of the standard liolt whose vardage is equalto the number of folds.

Having thusdescribed urv invention, l claim as new and desire to seeurebv Letters vPatent:

1. A measuring deviee for obtaining the i out unrolling the bolt,

length of a bolt of Cloth or other fabric without nnrolling the bolt,comprising a stieli having a. linear graduation thereon for measuringthe width of one end of the holt, the unit of graduation being analiquot part of age is equal to the number of folds.-

2. A. measuring device for obtaining the length of a bolt of cloth orother fabrio witheomprising a stiek having a linear linear graduationhaving fractions, eaeh of whieh represents lfm of the yardage of astandard bolt measured al the bolts diaineter, the said graduationserving for measuring the width of one end ol' the 'graduation and thenumber of folds in the bolt forming thetinultiplitand and themultinl'ieator for,obtaining the tvardage of the bolt.

graduation thereon` the 5 the diameter of a standard bolt whose valdl lO l bolt, the said 3, nieasurine deviee for obtainingl the oo length ofa bolt of cloth or other l'abrie wit hs out unrolling the bolt.eomprising a stiek having a. transverse gage pin, and linear seales onopposite l'aees ol' the stielt, said gage pin being the zero vpoint forthe the unit of graduation being an aliquot part of the diauieterof astandard bolt, one of the lseales being for measuring bolts rolled llaton boa-rds, and the other seale being for measureenter.

lu .testimony whereof l have signed niv t nauieto this sneeilieation inthe presenee of two stibseribing witnesses.

yALBERT EDWARD THOMSON. 'itnesses:

M. Down,

hl'Aiiru TuousoN.

graduations,' G5

ing bolts rolled'rouud, either solid or hollow 70

